to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to be too late (to be of use)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
one's position; one's face; one's honour; one's reputation
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
mail clerk; post-office clerk; post-office worker; postal employee; postal worker
packing; crating; packaging
mail; postal matter; postal item
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
sexless; nonsexual; asexual; agamic; genderless
to be detained; to take time
to leave as is; to ignore
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot); forerunner; pioneer
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
protector (e.g. chest); guard
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
(tooth) enamel; adamantine
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade